Media Matters - Prewar Intelligence/WMD

Media Matters - Prewar Intelligence/WMD http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/prewar_intelligence_wmd This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Prewar Intelligence/WMD en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN's Blitzer failed to note Hayes' false Iraq-Al Qaeda reporting, Cheney connections http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250010 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:06:22 EST Cheney biographer Hayes' pattern of falsely defending the Bush administration's Iraq policy http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240004 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:15:28 EST Russert challenged Democrats -- but not McCain -- about 2002 Iraq intel "caveats" http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140008 Mon, 14 May 2007 19:35:15 EST NY Times largely mum on Moyers special about media's role in spreading prewar falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270004 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:42:23 EST PBS gave Perle hour to repeat debunked claims about Iraqi WMDs and links to Al Qaeda http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230004 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:37:19 EST Angle baselessly claimed that Wilson told the CIA that Iraq "tried, but failed" to get uranium from Niger http://mediamatters.org/items/200702090007 Jim Angle baselessly claimed that Joe Wilson had reported to the CIA that "the Iraqis had indeed tried, but failed" to obtain uranium from Niger. According to a CIA report, a former Nigerien prime minister had "interpreted" an offer to meet with Iraqis on "expanding commercial relations" to mean that "Iraq wanted to discuss uranium yellowcake sales." But the report indicates only that Wilson told the CIA of the former prime minister's interpretation and provides no evidence that Wilson endorsed that view himself. http://mediamatters.org/items/200702090007 Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:31:50 EST USA Today column cited Rep. Carney warning against Iraq intel probe, but not his former job http://mediamatters.org/items/200701160007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701160007 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:18:30 EST Citing no evidence, Hannity maintains Iraqi WMDs "were moved" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040002 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:52:10 EST Woodward disclaimed knowledge of prewar WMD doubts, despite his own reporting of them http://mediamatters.org/items/200701030001 When The Washington Post's Thomas Ricks stated in a Time "roundtable conversation" that prior to the start of the Iraq war, "the chairman of the Joint Chiefs" told him that they didn't know where Saddam Hussein's purported weapons of mass destruction were located, Bob Woodward responded by saying that he "was not aware of" the claim at the time. But three days before the start of the war, a Post article to which Woodward "contributed" noted the lack of "specific information about the amounts of banned weapons or where they are hidden." http://mediamatters.org/items/200701030001 Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:14:59 EST USA Today ignores prewar evidence in claiming that Saddam's lack of WMD was "learned too late" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701020006 A USA Today editorial asserted that the U.S. "learned too late" that the first Gulf War had "limited" Saddam Hussein's "ability to develop weapons of mass destruction." But this assertion ignores prewar evidence that contradicted the Bush administration's claims that Iraq had WMD or was reconstituting its WMD programs. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701020006 Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:21:37 EST Russert and panel failed to challenge claim that "no one knew" intel on Iraq WMDs was flawed http://mediamatters.org/items/200612120007 On Meet the Press, host Tim Russert let former Reagan adviser Ken Adelman assert without challenge that "no one knew" that intelligence indicating Iraq had weapons of mass destruction "wasn't true" prior to the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. In fact, members of the intelligence community, including senior CIA analysts, challenged the accuracy of the intelligence that Iraq had WMDs. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612120007 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:46:26 EST Four of six major papers left out prescient warnings in coverage of 2002 Iraq war vote http://mediamatters.org/items/200612040006 A December 4 Washington Post article pointed out that the newspaper's own reporting from October 2002 on the House's passage of the Iraq war resolution failed to quote a single Democrat expressing concerns about "postwar challenges," though many had done so. Media Matters found that contemporaneous articles from three other major print outlets also left out any mention of such warnings. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612040006 Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:15:53 EST Wolf Blitzer said "I have to assume [Powell] honestly believed" 2003 U.N. speech, ignoring evidence to contrary http://mediamatters.org/items/200611300014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611300014 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:51:33 EST Gibson and Campbell misrepresented NY Times article, with Gibson asserting, "The New York Times just said today Saddam had nukes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040016 Fox News' John Gibson repeatedly asserted -- falsely -- that because The New York Times reported that the United States had posted Iraqi documents related to constructing an atomic bomb, the Times "said today Saddam had nukes." Similarly, conservative radio host Pat Campbell falsely suggested that the Times reported Iraq was "a year away from making the atomic bomb" at the time of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In fact, Iraq did not have nuclear weapons in 2003 or at any time -- including prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War -- and Iraq did not have a nuclear weapons program in 2003. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040016 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 16:42:07 EST Blitzer let Rice push false justifications for Iraq war http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130001 Wolf Blitzer failed to challenge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's misleading statements about the Bush administration's justification for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq -- that there were "[t]oo many unanswered questions about [Saddam Hussein's] weapons of mass destruction program," despite the Bush administration's pre-war claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and that "[i]n the post-September 11 environment, [Iraq] was a threat that needed to be dealt with." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130001 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:34:35 EST